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<?php $string = '<green>hello <red>aydin</red> wth</green>'; $matches = array(); preg_match('/(<.+?>)(.+?)(<\/.*>)/', $string, $matches); $fullString = $matches[0]; //$stripped = var_dump($matches);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(4) { [0]=> string(41) "<green>hello <red>aydin</red> wth</green>" [1]=> string(7) "<green>" [2]=> string(16) "hello <red>aydin" [3]=> string(18) "</red> wth</green>" }

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